Ephesians 4
1 I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,
Nipele, uneji jundi jwantawe kwa ligongo lya kwatumichila Ambuje, ngunchondelela ntame mpela yatite kunsalila Akunnungu ntame paŵammilasile.
2 with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing with one another in love;
Mmeje ŵakulitimalika ni chitungato ni ŵakupililila, mpilililane jwine ni jwine kwa unonyelo.
3 using diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace.
Nlimbile nnope kuugosa umo wauichiswe ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu kwa litala lya chitendewele chachikunlumbikanya.
4 [There is] one body and one Spirit, as ye have been also called in one hope of your calling;
Chipali chiilu chimo cha Kilisito ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu jumo, nti chilolelo chimwaŵilanjikwe ni Akunnungu chachitite kuŵa chimo.
5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
Apali Ambuje ŵamo ni chikulupi chimo ni ubatiso umo.
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
Akunnungu ŵamo, ŵaali Atati ŵa wose, ŵelewo ali pachanya pa wose ni akupanganya masengo kupunda wose ni ali nkati mwa ŵandu ŵakwe wose.
7 But to each one of us has been given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.
Kila mundu pasikati jetu apochele ntuuka kutyochela kwa Akunnungu mpela yatite pakupegwa ni Kilisito.
8 Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
Mpela ila igakuti pakusala Malembelo ga Akunnungu, “Paŵakwesile kwinani, ŵaulongwesye mpingo wa ŵandu ŵataŵikwe, ni ŵapele ŵandu mituuka.”
9 But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?
Nipele, pakuŵecheta, “Ŵakwesile kwinani,” ana malumbo gakwe chichi? Malumbo gakwe ni kuti ŵatulwiche kaje mpaka paasi chilambo.
10 He that descended is the same who has also ascended up above all the heavens, that he might fill all things;
Ŵelewo ŵaŵatulwiche ali ŵawowo ŵaŵakwesile kwinani nnope kupunda kwiunde kose kuti aitende indu yose yaigumbile imalile.
11 and he has given some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some shepherds and teachers,
Jwelejo ni juŵasagwile ŵandu ŵane kuŵa achinduna ni ŵane kuŵa ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu ni ŵane kuŵa ŵakulalichila Ngani Jambone ni ŵane kuŵa ŵakuchinga ni ŵakwiganya.
12 for the perfecting of the saints; with a view to [the] work of [the] ministry, with a view to the edifying of the body of Christ;
Ŵatesile yeleyo kuti akombole kwaŵika chile ŵandu wose ŵa Akunnungu kwa ligongo lya masengo ga Chikilisito, kuti achigumbe chiilu cha Kilisito.
13 until we all arrive at the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, at [the] full-grown man, at [the] measure of the stature of the fulness of the Christ;
Kwayele uweji wose tulumbikane kwapamo mu chikulupi ni kummanyilila Mwana jwa Akunnungu, tuŵe ŵatukusile mu chikulupi ni kuuichila utindimisyo wa Kilisito.
14 in order that we may be no longer babes, tossed and carried about by every wind of that teaching [which is] in the sleight of men, in unprincipled cunning with a view to systematized error;
Nipele, ngatuŵa sooni mpela ŵanache, tuchijigalikwaga akuno ni akuno mpela matumbela gagakuutwa ni mbungo jajilijose ja majiganyo gagakutyosekwa ni ŵandu ŵakwalambusya ŵane ni kwasoyasya ŵandu kwa kwalyungasya.
15 but, holding the truth in love, we may grow up to him in all things, who is the head, the Christ:
Nambo twaŵechetaga yankati usyene kwa unonyelo, tutukule mu chikulupi ni kwaichilila Kilisito, ŵaali ntwe wa mpingo wa ŵandu ŵakunkulupilila.
16 from whom the whole body, fitted together, and connected by every joint of supply, according to [the] working in [its] measure of each one part, works for itself the increase of the body to its self-building up in love.
Kwa kulongoswa ni Kilisito, iŵalo yose ya chiilu ikulumbikana pamo kwa ntasi ni chiilu chose chikukamulangana kwa ukamuchisyo wa iŵalo yakwe. Nipele chiŵalo chachili chose chapanganyaga masengo uchenene, chiilu chose chikukula ni kuligumba mu unonyelo.
17 This I say therefore, and testify in [the] Lord, that ye should no longer walk as [the rest of] the nations walk in [the] vanity of their mind,
Nipele, kwa liina lya Ambuje ngunjamuka yeleyi, kasinjenda sooni mpela ŵandu ŵangakwamanyilila Akunnungu, ŵakusikuya ng'anisyo syao syangalimate.
18 being darkened in understanding, estranged from the life of God by reason of the ignorance which is in them, by reason of the hardness of their hearts,
Ŵandu wo lunda lwao luli mu chipi, ni alekangenywe ni umi wa Akunnungu kwa ligongo lya kuloŵela kwao ni kukakatima kwa mitima jao.
19 who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
Ŵanyawo nganakola soni ni ajinjile mu chigongomalo ni akusaka kupanganya indu ya soni pangaleka.
20 But ye have not thus learnt the Christ,
Nambo ŵanyamwe nganinlijiganya yeleyo nkati Kilisito.
21 if ye have heard him and been instructed in him according as [the] truth is in Jesus;
Isyene mwapilikene uchenene nkati Che Yesu ni ŵanyamwe ndi ŵakulijiganya ŵakwe, mwajiganyikwe mwa ŵelewo ni usyene wauli nkati mwao.
22 [namely] your having put off according to the former conversation the old man which corrupts itself according to the deceitful lusts;
Mwajiganyikwe kuula utame wenu wa kalakala, yaani undu wenu wa kalakala uwaliji nkonasikwa kwa ligongo lya misese ja kulambusya.
23 and being renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Mpanganyikwe ŵa sambano mmitima ni ng'anisyo syenu.
24 and [your] having put on the new man, which according to God is created in truthful righteousness and holiness.
Mmwale undu wa sambano waupanganyichikwe chisau ni Akunnungu, waukuloleka kwakutama yambone ni uswela wa usyene.
25 Wherefore, having put off falsehood, speak truth every one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another.
Kwa yeleyo, nneche unami. Jwalijose aŵechete usyene ni njakwe, pakuŵa uwe wose tuli iŵalo ya chiilu cha Kilisito.
26 Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath,
Mwatumbilaga, ni lutumbilo lwenu lukantendekasya kupanganya sambi, ni lutumbilo lwenu lukalonjela muusi wose.
27 neither give room for the devil.
Kasimwapa lipesa Shetani.
28 Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with [his] hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.
Juŵajiŵaga akajiŵa sooni, nambo apanganye masengo gambone kwa makono gakwe kuti akole chindu chakwakamuchisya ŵakulaga.
29 Let no corrupt word go out of your mouth, but if [there be] any good one for needful edification, that it may give grace to those that hear [it].
Nkaŵecheta maloŵe gangalimate, nambo mmechete maloŵe gambone gagakwalimbichisya ŵandu kuti maloŵe gunkuŵecheta gakamuchisye ŵandu ŵakugapilikana.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which ye have been sealed for [the] day of redemption.
Ngasimunsupusya Mbumu jwa Akunnungu pakuŵa ŵelewo ali chimanyisyo cha Akunnungu kukwenu chakulosya kuti ŵanyamwe ndi ŵandu ŵakwe, nombe mbumu akulosya lyuŵa lichaiche Akunnungu kukwawombola ŵandu ŵakwe.
31 Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;
Ngasimma ni ligogo mu ntima mwe ni ngasimwatumbilila ŵandu ŵane ni ngasimma ni uchimwa ni ngasimmenyana ni kutukana ni kuleka chigongomalo chachili chose.
32 and be to one another kind, compassionate, forgiving one another, so as God also in Christ has forgiven you.
Nambo mme ni mitima jambone ja kukolelana chanasa jwine ni jwine, nnechelesyane mpela yatite pakunnechelesya Akunnungu kwa litala lya Kilisito.
